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Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower, Minglewood Blues, Tennessee Jed, Cassidy, They Love Each Other, Big River, Loser, The Music Never Stopped Samson & Delilah, Sugaree, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet, Scarlet Begonias-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Drums-> The Wheel-> Wharf Rat-> Around & Around, E: Uncle John's Band

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Reviewer: njpg - - April 29, 2012
Subject: Good if you like '77 shows.
The recording is very warm, a bit dark. Very interesting jams, nothing wild in terms of song selection.

Reviewer: EdNH - - April 10, 2012
Subject: Colossal Help->Slip->Franklin's
Download the Help->Slipknot->Franklin's. It's one the best, not sure why it doesn't get more credit. It's almost 29 minutes long. Jerry stumbles during his first solo in Help and doesn't look back. A psychedelic hurricane to say he least. The rest of the show is just plain average in my opinion. Sound is VG+, the 5 stars applies to Help->Slip->Franklin's only.

Reviewer: gr8fulstill - - April 29, 2011
Subject: Great First Show
Just revisiting this show on the 34th anniversary of my first show on April 29, 1977. Never looked back from there anf fortunate to have seen the Dead with Jerry 209 times and it all started on a Friday night just like today April 29, 2011.

Reviewer: hiTiMeNiCe2meetU - - May 4, 2010
Subject: Moore Please!
Great Jerry Moore audience recording. I began listening aware of this being an audience recording; the longer I listen, the more I "don't notice." In other words, I hear almost no flaws, and there are no indications that the music, on April 29, 1977, sounded any different than is presented right here. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CROWD HEARD. LUCKY US! The recording is very smooth and great for low volume listening (I've been studying the entire time). I can hear everything just fine, and now that I crank it for just a second, all of the instruments are right there, just as at the low volume. This is the sign of a great recording. I'm happy to have listened, and this will definitely make my smooth and easy-going list. For me, highlights, or things that have stood out while I haven't been paying attention, are Sugaree, Wharf Rat, Feelin' Bad, Franklins, The Wheel, and Brown Eyed Women. I've been on a Brown Eyed kick lately though, so I may be biased.
Happy Listening
By the way, first time I've ever heard an Around and Around with a breakdown like this at the end.
Great Show

Reviewer: BataviaSparky - - May 4, 2010
Subject: wowsee wow wow
Slipknot! just ripped me apart like C3P0 on The Empire Strikes Back!!! 21 minute franklin's? Insane peak at 12:00-12:30, but we ain't done yet. Jerry lets you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you better "roll away the dew" before some sublime noodling before wrapping up at 15:30. Okay so the timing is alittle off. Gotta re-tune after that monster 30 minute opening before a perfunctory Minglewood that ends abruptly. Give it back to Jer-Bear for an up-tempo Jed. which is about as good as this number can get. I can't do a song-by-song here, jst check out this top-notch show!

Reviewer: gratedude69 - - May 3, 2010
Subject: keeper
sound isnt crystal, would love a clear soundboard of this

the help through franks is good, always a nice opener to get things going

begonias into gdtrfb was also novel, could feel them searching around for where to head with it

overall definitely a keeper, grate stuff

Reviewer: jimtauscher - - April 3, 2009
Subject: Yum
The Music Never Stopped is particularly rewarding right before set break. Serious playing. Bobby: "Thank you, we're gonna take a break, and you can too."

Reviewer: SNKleom - - April 27, 2008
Subject: Lucky Me -- Popped My Jerry-Cherry Here
Just some non-pejorative thoughts to share, b/c really, for a first show, was I lucky or what?? Sitting in the 15th row center of the Palladium, half-dragged there by my deadhead buddy Steve; when they kicked into Help On the Way, with the tempo so much peppier than on the album, I remember putting my head back and simply laughing out loud (with no help from micro-dot, thank you, perhaps just a passed joint or two during). Never looked back, and who could blame me? It's pure bliss to listen to this again --no wonder I was smitten. Cheers.

Reviewer: He Live's - - March 22, 2008
Subject: pushing 5 stars
i'll be honest i haven't gone through every track, but jerry is REALLY PLAYING his axe this show, the ideas just flow and the energy is just UP UP UP......

the scarlet>gdtrfb is ONE OF THS UNIQUE BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS that the grateful dead occasionally were able to bestow on us....

thanks to the band, for making this ALL happen....

i call it 4.5 stars, so in an effort to push the OVERALL in that direction i give 5, YES< 5

Reviewer: WolfmansBrother - - February 7, 2008
Subject: and awaaaay we go
an engergetic h>s>f to kick it off, and like springfield, the slipknot is the special piece of the trio again tonight. the song selections work really well throughout, and even the "tiny adjustments" can't kill the energy. every song played with gusto. maybe it's the microdot, but i don't care if they take all night between songs. ain't no place i'd rather be...no, sir. the closing trio - very uptempo big river, languid loser and BEST MNS of the tour-to-date - provides nice symmetry to this very strong set.

second set starts as set 1, pt. 2 in terms of song selection and energy. mucho gusto...and then the big jam sequence starting at scarlet just LIFTS us up, up, up through the roof. man, oh man. and the first UJB of the tour as the encore? 'nuff said. (~);-}

night six of the tour bodes well for the future, no doubt. four more nights like this, and then some, i hope.

now, the question is what's happenin' post-show in the big apple? where's the party at?

Reviewer: Docter - - April 30, 2007
Subject: God Saves
4:18 God saves the child that rings that bell. LOL

Reviewer: L. Rosley - - October 30, 2005
Subject: Wharf Rat
Because many shows from '77 start out with Promised Land, it's refreshing to have the Help>Slipknot>Franklin suite as the opener, though it's an average performance. Franklin goes on a bit too long without new ideas. Sugaree is also a weak spot.

Hightlights for me are Deal and Wharf Rat, which have power and passion, conveyed in soulful singing and guitar, and band members in-tune with each other. These two are worth a listen.

The band gets hot on Music Never Stopped, where Jerry's on fire. This is followed by a fast-paced Samson with a high-energy Jerry solo near the end. The Estimated Prophet is tight, the musicianship and vocals are on target, and has some nice Jerry's soloing.

The Scarlet suffers from the "lazy drumming" (we used call it "disco drumming") that we sometimes get in '77. This this the simple beats 1 and 3 rhythm that sounds like a drum machine. (Compare to the more free-form drumming in previous years.) The transition to Goin' Down the Road is a highligh of the show, however, and worth a listen. It's one of the best transitions of '77. Unfortuantely, "drum machine" returns once GDTRFB starts.

"Drums" starts with the whole band in some great jamming to Not Fade Away without words. A little while later, we get that great Wharf Rat.

Reviewer: liranfa - - April 27, 2005
Subject: Oh Yeah I heard
I see review after review of people talking about their first tape....well, this was mine. This seems to be the same source only 5 or so generations better.

After my first GD show, I was bugging friends for tapes to get familiar with and this was bestowed upon me. Outstanding "Franklin's Tower" and the "Sugaree", "Scarlet Begonias"/Goin' Down the Road" are cool but the "Not Fade" jam before "Drums" is unique.........the recording isn't all that great compared to whats available on this tour but the show should not be forgotten. If you've never heard it, it's worth the listen. Some jams on here you won't hear on the rest of this tour.

Reviewer: The Big Nasty - - April 27, 2005
Subject: Did you hear?
At 3:45 seconds into the magical Wharf Rat someone yells out a very audible "Thank You Jerry"
which brought a magnificant smile on my face! :)

Reviewer: disgruntledgoat - - April 25, 2005
Subject: Emerging Scarlet
This show is not as incendiary as others from the spring '77 tour, but this show is notable for the intruiging transition from Scarlet Begonias into Going Down the Road Feelin Bad. You can hear the band searching for an appropriate segue, and this night they really nail it. The jam into GDTRFB is definitely worth the download!

Reviewer: themannamedwally - - October 6, 2004
Subject: oh man
the help>slip!>franklin's is best ive heard....esp. the franklin's. 20+ min.
rest of show is killer as well. A bit of crowd noise but not bad at all. gives you a good feeling of the energy in the place.

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AUD MC> D> CDR> SHN; Jerry Moore recording Sony ECM-33P/Sony TC-158; via CDead